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From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Change the conversation from vanity metrics to validated learning. In these early stages, it is more important to honor learning. But there is something else to add as well. Networks have been valuable to the social change sector because of the potential for collective impact rather than individual impact.

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Marketing and Engagement: Making the most of your Emails

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, I visited Omaha, Nebraska, and had a great time presenting to the PRSA Nebraska chapter. Those unsubscribe numbers don’t indicate that you should stop or change that message, but that you should work to more closely segment your list and target your messages. Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results.

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Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We took all the necessary steps to become an official 501c3 and we made little changes to the event in the first year we hosted it. Learning: We learned that by not changing what was happening over the years we were doomed to repeat the mistakes of the previous organization.

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What I've been learning, cooking, reading, teaching and making

Have Fun - Do Good

Myself and 28 other social changemakers spent five days at the Earthrise Retreat Center learning how to use Rockwood''s six practices (Purpose, Vision, Partnership, Performance, Resilience and Personal Ecology) to be more effective leaders for social change. It was a deep and profound experience.

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Nonprofit Branding: The Big IDEA

NonProfit Hub

DE mocracy: This one’s a bit more of a culture change. It’s with more than a little local pride that we mention that Omaha Community Foundation was named by Laidler-Kylander as a capital collaborator in a recent Forbes article. If you talk a big game, but you can’t back it up, you’ll lose your donors’ trust (and dollars).

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015. I have a couple of New Year’s rituals that help prepare me for a new year.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Myths about Women as.

ASU Lodestar Center

They want to be part of the change they are helping to make happen." [5] As you pointed out, social media technologies like Facebook are becoming more a part of our everyday lives and changing our approach to social networks. Several studies have found that women report higher levels of empathy than do men. [4] 9 ^ [8] Ibid, Pg.